The key
difference between this book and the recent Ultimate
Star Wars is this book is meant to be just as much fun as it is
informative. It’s organized into categories, but you can open this book at any
page and learn something about the Star Wars universe, or find some new reason
to smile at the oddities and curiosities of the galaxy far, far away.

Right
from its ridiculous title (that no single book could actually live up to) this
book never takes things too seriously and presents fun facts and info in a way
that’s clearly for young fans. If you want a basic reference book on Star Wars
plenty of those exist already (see aforementioned Ultimate Star Wars), but if you want to have a few laughs while you
learn, this is the book for you!

This book
was also released as part of the “Journey to the Force Awakens” line. There isn’t
much information revealed here about the upcoming movie, but bits and pieces of
it show up throughout the book and there’s a section at the back of several
full-page The Force Awakens images.

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Season 2 of Star Wars Rebels is
almost here and that means more awesome television featuring the crew of The
Ghost: Kanaan, Hera, Ezra, Sabine, Zeb & CHOPPER! Before the new season
starts it’s fun to imagine what familiar Star Wars faces could show up.

Remember that Star Wars Rebels takes
place about 4-5 years before Luke joined the Rebellion, so any character who
was alive then is a "maybe". Plus, Season 2 will apparently have
almost twice as many episodes as Season 1 - so a lot can happen!

Darth Vader and a few beloved
characters from The Clone Wars have already been announced to appear (if you don’t know yet, check
out the videos at StarWars.com!) …but who else? Let’s look at some of the
possible villains who just might turn
up…

Boba Fett

Wouldn't it be cool to see Boba Fett face the Rebels, especially Sabine? Fett made several
appearances on The Clone Wars as a youngster. Seeing him as a young but skilled bounty hunter would be pretty awesome. How did he become the fearsome
bad guy that he is? How does Vader know about him to hire him in The Empire
Strikes Back? While we’re at it, Bossk and Dengar also made appearances on The
Clone Wars so we could see them in Rebels too!

Cad Bane

Cad Bane may be close to retirement by the time of Star Wars
Rebels, or may have met one too many bad guys already, but it sure would be
cool to see more of the ultra-serious Bane from The Clone Wars. Ok, I just
really like this character.

Jabba the Hutt

Even though Jabba made a very big “big screen” debut in
1983’s Return of the Jedi, was added to A New Hope years later, then had a
small part in The Phantom Menace, it wasn’t until The Clone Wars that we
really started to learn a lot about him. Turns out Jabba has a son and some
very untrustworthy family members!

Jabba has already been mentioned in Star Wars
Rebels when Ezra first met Agent Callus, he gave the fake name of “Jabba the
Hutt”. Perhaps we’ll actually see him in his slimy glory, and hopefully as the
feared crime-lord he was, not the guy whose tail you can step on.

Greedo

Greedo had a tough time in A New Hope. Han Solo
clearly wasn’t scared of him in the Mos Eisley cantina, but Jabba apparently
had enough faith to hire him. Somehow Greedo was a bounty hunter despite having
laughably terrible aim with a blaster.Star
Wars creator George Lucas apparently wanted to explore Greedo’s past because
there was a young Greedo scene filmed for Episode I (which can be seen as a DVD
Deleted Scene). He later appeared in The Clone Wars too. Perhaps there’s more
to this Rodian than we thought?

Darth Maul

You may wonder how it’s possible Darth Maul is still around
after losing his fight to Obi-Wan Kenobi in The Phantom Menace. Let’s just say you need
to watch The Clone Wars! Maul is alive and dangerous as ever by the end of that
series though what happens next for him is never quite resolved. Could we see
Darth Maul face Kanaan, or better yet Maul vs. Darth Vader?

There are many other characters who COULD show up in Star Wars Rebels
Season 2 and beyond. Who would you like to see? Who do you hope to never see? Comment below…